John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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A Federal Reserve task force issues criteria for faster payments initiative, part of the long road to build a framework to securely accommodate near real-time processing for digital commerce.
By John AdamsFebruary 2 -
A Federal Reserve task force has issued criteria for its faster payments initiative, part of a long journey to build a framework to securely and efficiently accommodate the near-real-time processing for digital commerce.
By John AdamsFebruary 2 -
A Federal Reserve task force has issued criteria for its faster payments initiative, part of a long journey to build a framework to securely and efficiently accommodate the near real-time processing for digital commerce.
By John AdamsFebruary 2 -
Media properties and financial services rarely go hand in hand, but in Canada one partnership is testing whether today's millennials will be more open to that kind of pairing.
By John AdamsFebruary 1 -
Vantiv will stop processing transactions for its clients in daily fantasy sports amid government claims the sites are violating gambling laws, the New York Times reported Friday.
By John AdamsJanuary 29 -
The digitizing of payment transactions has become important enough at Visa and MasterCard to remain a top investment priority, even as the networks brace for the economic fallout of collapsing oil prices and volatile stock markets.
By John AdamsJanuary 29 -
The digital gift card is one of the rare examples in the payments market where more options may not necessarily be the best thing for consumers.
By John AdamsJanuary 29 -
The rush to be a "one stop" for merchants by bundling mobile, Web and in-store payment technology is proving to be a heavy lift, in terms of cash, resources and IT skills.
By John AdamsJanuary 28 -
Verifone, which is challenged to move beyond its reliance on selling traditional payments hardware, is producing an almost dizzying array of products in hopes of diversifying.
By John AdamsJanuary 27 -
The pressure on merchant acquirers to enable transactions in more channels for more merchant types is accelerating, and TSYS is turning to the M&A market to accelerate its digital diversification, announcing an agreement with Vista Equity Partners to acquire Vista portfolio company TransFirst for $2.35 billion in cash.
By John AdamsJanuary 26